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- Page 1 High Density Storage Expansion Guide Installation Guide NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB NVR5-HDDS-INT-18TB NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB NVR5-PRM (252/288/360TB) NVR5-STD (16/32TB) NVR4X-STD (16/32TB) HD-NVR4-STD (16/32TB)
- Page 2 © 2023, Avigilon Corporation. All rights reserved. AVIGILON and the AVIGILON logo are trademarks of Avigilon Corporation. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Other names or logos mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The absence of the symbols ™ and ® in proximity to each trademark in this document or at all is not a disclaimer of ownership of the related trademark.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility Expanded ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration Required Components Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iLO) Rear Drive Installation Internal Drive Installation Configuring Extended Storage Verifying Extended Storage Configuration Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iDRAC 9) Front and Rear Drive Installation Configuring Extended Storage Verifying Extended Storage Configuration... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction This document is intended to guide Avigilon NVR customers through adding storage to their NVR system by setting up a second Avigilon Control Center (ACC) storage volume. Note: ACC must be stopped prior to adding new storage to an array. Downtime will need to be scheduled for the ACC Server hosting the NVR. -
Page 5: Expanded Acc™ Storage Volume Configuration
(252TB, 288TB, 360TB) managed with iLO and NVR4/4X/5 Standard servers (16TB, 32TB) managed with iDRAC 9. Follow the instructions that correspond with your NVR server. Required Components Avigilon NVR system Corresponding compatible NVR storage expansion pack. See NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility on the previous page. -
Page 6: Installing And Configuring A New Drive (Ilo)
Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iLO) Rear Drive Installation To install a hard drive in the rear of the recorder, complete the following steps: 1. Open the access panel to access drive cage 3. a. Remove the access panel: b. - Page 7 2. Open drive cage 3: 3. Locate the slot that you will be installing the new drive into. 4. To open the release lever, press the latch. 5. Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay. 6.
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Page 8: Internal Drive Installation
Internal Drive Installation 1. Open drive cage 2: 2. Locate the slot that you will be installing the new drive into. 3. To open the release lever, press the latch. Internal Drive Installation... -
Page 9: Configuring Extended Storage
You must configure the extended storage using HPE Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) after you have installed all the drives. If this has not already been installed on the NVR5 as part of the Avigilon image, download the HPE Smart Storage Administrator .zip file, from the following page: https://buy.hpe.com/ca/en/software/server-management-software/server-management-software/smart-... - Page 10 1. Using Windows search menu, search for "SSA". Click Smart Storage Administrator to open it. 2. Click HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10 from the sidebar. Next, click Configure from the Actions list. 3. To extend an existing array with the expanded storage drives, follow the instructions below. Note: ACC must be stopped prior to adding new storage to an array.
- Page 11 a. Shutdown your ACC server and wait for the process to finish. b. Click Logical Devices from the sidebar. Next, select the array that will be expanded. c. Select Manage Data Drives from the Actions menu in the right sidebar. d.
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Page 12: Verifying Extended Storage Configuration
g. Select the Maximum Size option, then click OK. h. Once complete, click Finish. i. Once the RAID build is complete, follow the steps in Verifying Extended Storage Configuration below to confirm that the extended storage configuration is complete. Then, proceed to the next step, Initializing the Expanded Storage Volume on page 17. -
Page 13: Installing And Configuring A New Drive (Idrac 9)
You must configure the extended storage after you have installed all the drives. To configure this storage, download the Storage Expansion Kit for NVR4X-STD and NVR4-STD zip file, from the following page: https://www.avigilon.com/support/infrastructure/nvr-downloads After you have downloaded the zip file: 1. -
Page 14: Verifying Extended Storage Configuration
CAUTION — Risk of losing data. Data will be lost if you do not allow the initialization process to finish running. To avoid this risk, wait for the time recommended in the table above so the storage is completely initialized and follow the steps below to verify extended storage configuration before continuing with adding the storage to ACC. - Page 15 4. Use the navigation tree on the left-hand side to navigate to Storage > PERC XXXX > Virtual Disks. XXXX is the version of PERC controller. 5. Select Virtual Disks and check if Storage 2 has the state set as Ready. 6.
- Page 16 8. Proceed to the next step, Initializing the Expanded Storage Volume on page 17. Verifying Extended Storage Configuration...
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Page 17: Initializing The Expanded Storage Volume
Initializing the Expanded Storage Volume After you have created and configured the expanded storage, initialize it in the NVR. 1. Use the Windows search menu to open Disk Manager. The expanded storage volume shows as an unallocated partition of Disk 1 for iLO systems, or Disk 2 for iDRAC systems. 2. - Page 18 7. Configure the following settings on the Format Partition window and click Next: a. Select the Format this volume with the following settings option. b. Select NTFS from the File system drop-down list. c. Select Default from the Allocate unit size drop-down list. d.
- Page 19 10. Proceed to the next step, Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System on page 20. Initializing the Expanded Storage Volume...
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Page 20: Adding Extended Storage To The Acc System
Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System Note: The following steps are performed on your ACC Server and Admin Tool. 1. Open the ACC Admin Tool to start the process of adding the extended storage. 2. Shutdown your ACC server and wait for the process to finish. 3. - Page 21 Volume. 5. Click Add Data Volume. You are prompted to select the size of this new volume. Leave the size set to the default size and click OK. 6. Click OK on the Storage window. Wait for the ACC system to configure the new volume. Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System...
- Page 22 7. After configuration is finished, the new volume appears in the Storage tab of the ACC Admin tool. Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System...
- Page 23 8. You can now restart the ACC Server. Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System...
- Page 24 Limited Warranty Avigilon warranty terms for this product are provided at avigilon.com/warranty.
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Page 25: For More Information
For More Information For additional product documentation and software and firmware upgrades, visit support.avigilon.com. Technical Support Contact Avigilon Technical Support at support.avigilon.com/s/contactsupport. Product User Guides For product user guides, visit the Downloads page at www.avigilon.com/support/infrastructure/nvr- downloads. For More Information...
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